There is absolutely nothing better than spending time in the great outdoors with your kids. It is an experience that no child should be without, and it can often be just as rewarding for the adults. My little hunting partner is 9 years old, and this WILL be the year he kills his first deer! We've been out every season for the last four years, and although he has only been big enough to handle the gun himself for the last two (I don’t believe in holding his gun and aiming for him,) it is at a point now where it’s really up to me. He can shoot a baseball at 100 yards, I just have to get him in
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Nothing announces the arrival of autumn like a cheery orange pumpkin. And there is nothing like taking your children out into a pumpkin field and letting them pick out their own. For couples, there is nothing more romantic than cuddling together on a chilly evening beneath a starry sky on a hay wagon. This area is blessed with several pumpkin fields perfect for making a holiday out of any day of the week. One of the most popular is Pumpkin Hollow near Piggott, Ark. Darrell and Ellen Dalton have been farming there since 1969. They turned it into “Pumpkin Hollow” in 1993. This year Pumpkin Hollow has been included in USA Today’s list of “Country’s Coolest Pumpkin Patches” published October
Oct 11,DONIPHAN - Kate Hasting Band sings about the small town life because they’ve lived the small town life. Though Hasting is from New Carlisle, Ohio, her drummer, Cameron Smith, is from Doniphan, having attended high school there. His start in music came when he played with the Doniphan High School Jazz Band. He and members of the Kate Hasting Band plan to spend time with his folks, Kent and Tammy Smith of Fairdealing. Smith played in the concert band at Freed-Hardeman University, and then moved to New York City for a magazine internship. While there, Cameron worked on several magazines, one of them Blender music magazine. While in Nashville, he heard that the up and coming country group, the Kate
Oct 09,POPLAR BLUFF - The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is holding their annual fundraising Fall Motorcycle Rally and Poker Run on Saturday, October 11. Bill Ray, representative for FCA, says the funds raised through the event help support the annual Fields of Faith program. Fields of Faith recently held their rally in Poplar Bluff at Fred Morrow Stadium on September 24. The event was attended by over 3,000 area youth. Ray explained the concept for Fields of Faith began back in 2002 when founder, Jeff Martin, felt led to begin a program that would help teens with the many problems they face in our modern age. The idea sprang from the story of King Josiah, recorded in the Bible as
Oct 09,It only makes sense that with the popularity of the Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) shows, there should be one set in paradise. That is exactly what will happen Saturday, October 11 at the Black River Coliseum when Ozark Family Resource Agency (OFRA) presents its Seventh Annual Murder Mystery fundraising dinner. This year the murder will take place in what would seem to be paradise, Margaritaville. Bobby Baugh, Marketing Director for OFRA, said that this year’s event will be very interactive, with guests who buy tickets to the event arriving at Margaritaville, a seemingly typical Caribbean resort. “There will be the typical kind of resort things, like sand, games, souvenir shops, massages, tattoos, and a tiki bar,” explained Baugh. Baugh will
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