Just the thought of going after a BEAR with a bow gives some the chills! Some say you’re crazy; black bears climb trees, run short distances faster than a horse, can crush bones with the force of their jaws like pop corn. No matter; you’re a bow hunter and with that come some amount of risk, even death! Bow hunters have the opportunity to see animals in the wild like no other, study nature and the animal’s habits undisturbed.

While thousand cankers disease has not yet hit the state’s black walnut industry, Missourians should take to heart the recent emergency quarantine issued for black walnut by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, said a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist. . .

About 35 percent of the world’s food supply depends on insect pollination, notes a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist.

     “That’s one in every three bites of food,” said Marlin Bates. . .

A new Red Cross survey shows that 68 percent of Americans have been involved in some kind of summer emergency, ranging from insect bites, heat stroke and broken bones to more life-threatening situations. One in every four people say they have been in a situation where someone needed CPR. . .

     Our country is in a deplorable state. Americans like to blame Obama, Bush, or the “other Party.” They email political jokes and spiritually uplifting pictures. They praise the troops for risking their lives overseas for our 'Freedom'. Although we claim to have government of, by, and for the people, very few seem willing to do or risk much to preserve freedom here at home. . .