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Social distancing inspires teachers to create. Page 11
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Milder temperatures with daily chances for rain.
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Local residents share positive experiences amid pandemic By K.D. Michaels Staff Writer When questioned about the impact that Covid-19, the resulting quarantine and continued social distancing have had on their personal lives, most are quick to mention things like loss of job, reduced hours or cancelled plans. The negative results of the pandemic are countless. However, there are those who have a very different view of
the quarantine we all lived under, and the effect it has had on their lifestyles. When the Branson Tri-Lakes area went into quarantine, churches were forced to close their doors. This development didn’t dissuade some for finding a way to worship. One such family was that of local entertainer Becky Hughes. “We started meeting with my parents, my sister’s family and my
mother-in-law to do our own Sacrament service and gospel study,” said Hughes, who quickly found an added bonus to the newfound church service. “One week my mother-in-law shared stories and information about some ancestors. This led to a weekly family history time, with each of the grandparents taking turns talking about differSEE POSITIVE, PAGE 8
By Branson Globe Staff American families accustomed to keeping outdated prescribed drugs or unused prescriptions “just in case I need it later” in a medicine cabinet with their toothbrushes, band aids and lotions. There are options to dispose of these through of a number of drug drop boxes where you can properly dispose of potentially dangerous drugs at no cost. The dates on a prescription bottle do not mean the drug prescribed has expired or has lost its potency. The dangers of these unused drugs are whose hands may find them, be it a child or a person who is drug dependent. “Fifty-three percent of misused prescription drugs come from family and friends,” said Marietta Hagan, population health project coordinator for the Stone and Taney Counties Substance Use Initiative. “The source of those prescription drugs is often the home medicine cabinet. One of the biggest contributing factors to prescription drug misuse is easy accessibility. Teens and young children can simply reach into a cabinet and get a free supply of drugs.” CoxHealth Pharmacy, in the SEE DRUGS, PAGE 10
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Mayor’s Moment: A message to the community from Mayor Edd Akers By Edd Akers, Branson Mayor What a week! I want to again, welcome our new member of the Branson Board of Aldermen. This past Tuesday, we welcomed Julia King to the dais as she raised her right hand and gave her oath to the City of Branson. I hope everyone takes the opportunity to meet Julia, especially those living in Ward 3. In addition to Julia’s ceremony, we had a very productive board meeting Tuesday night and in case I have not mentioned it previously, our Information Technology Department is doing a wonderful job of ensuring our citizens can watch and listen to the board meetings via live streaming at www.bransonmo.gov/livestream. Another aspect of a busy Tuesday was the Reception in honor of the new General Managers at the Branson Convention Center (Sam Voisin) and Hilton Hotel (Harold
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Mirambell). We welcome both of you to your new positions and look forward to working with you. Also on Tuesday, I had the chance to participate in the first “Branson/Lakes Area Tourism Community Enhancement District (TCED) Marketing Oversight Committee (MOC).” This is a
new group with the mission of assisting the TCED Board with the District’s marketing efforts. Congratulations to Ann McDowell for her selection as the Chair of this Committee. We look forward to you finding new ways of bringing more tourists to our great area. Another highlight of the week was the TCED Annual Board meeting. We had a great presentation by “Sound Diplomacy” which is the group that conducted the Theatre Industry Study. This was a very informative session focused on the Branson Theater Health & Needs Analysis with recommended strategic action plans. You can see the presentation and the entire report at www.bransonchamber. com/theatre-industry-study/. Please, if you are so inclined, continue to pray for our city, stay positive, and be thankful for living in the best city in America. Thank you for letting me serve you.
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Cox Branson honored for excellence in stroke care Submitted to Branson Globe For the fifth year in a row, Cox Medical Center Branson has been recognized for excellence in stroke care. The hospital received the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s 2020 Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. Cox Branson earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients. These measures include proper use of medications with the goal of speeding up recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. The stroke
team also reduced the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tPA, which is the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. The medical center additionally received the Association’s Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award for excellence in overall diabetes cardiovascular care when it comes to stroke prevention. “It continues to be such an honor to lead our stroke program here at CMCB,” says Lacy Cox, Stroke Center Coordinator at Cox Branson. ”The hard work and dedication from each key employee contributes greatly to this amazing achievement. Not
only are we reducing door to needle times and hitting benchmark goals, we are identifying and treating strokes in an exceptional timeframe.” Cox says patient outcomes are greatly impacted when her team continues to excel. ”Millions of brain cells are saved each minute, and patients are walking out of here more often post stroke, than being discharged to long term care or other facilities,” she says. ”Our achievement exemplifies CoxHealth’s vision: To Be the Best for Those Who Need Us. I feel this award is only a small glimpse of our wonderful hospital’s results and being the best for our community.”
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MINI is a 2 year old male. He was found as a stray but you’d never know it based on his friendly nature. He has very unusual orange eyes. So unique. He is curious and loves toys. Come by the shelter and check out this handsome guy.
Aldermen to revisit face covering issue in study session Drop boxes help people dispose of unused meds safely A drug drop box in the Branson Police Department entry way, 110 W Maddux St., Ste 100, Branson is open 24 hours. (Photo by Branson Globe Staff)
COVID-19 in Stone and Taney counties, by the numbers: (As of 08/25/2020. Data provided by TCHD and SCHD websites) CONFIRMED POSITIVE CASES
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Submitted to Branson Globe The Branson Board of Aldermen will hold a special study session on Thursday, September 3, at 2 p.m. in the Branson City Hall council chambers, located at 110 W. Maddux St. to discuss face coverings regarding the spread of COVID-19. At this study session, the Board of Aldermen is expected to get an update from the Taney County Health Department with the latest COVID-19 data as well as a re-
port from the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB regarding how Branson’s face covering ordinance has impacted tourism. This is ahead of the regular Board of Aldermen meeting on September 8, when the board is expected to discuss the amendment to Chapter 58 of the Branson Municipal Code regarding face covering requirements. As a reminder, public comment is not allowed during study sessions. Space will be limited in the
council chambers due to social distancing and face coverings are required inside City Hall. As usual, this Board of Aldermen study session will be streamed on our website www.bransonmo. gov. You can watch the meeting by clicking on “Live Stream” on the front page of the website when the meeting is in session. You can find all meeting agendas, including for this meeting, when it is released on our website at www. bransonmo.gov/AgendaCenter.
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ent ancestors from each side of the family, how they lived, how they came to the United States, and lots of great stories. It made the people who lived so long ago much more real to my kids, and gave them such perspective on how the world has changed and how much their ancestors sacrificed. Even though we are able to go to church again, we have decided to keep our family history time. It is a priceless experience for my kids and something that I believe they will look back on with gratitude later in life.” Added time with her family was a huge blessing to Branson’s Tracie Gustafson. “I have spent much more time with my children, grandchildren and family,” said Gustafson. “We now have a family game night, and we’ve spent more time as a family, cooking and eating at the table. We’ve saved money staying in and renting movies instead of going out.” Gustafson and her family have also used the time to develop new hobbies. She has begun crochet-
One Branson resident explained that the slower pace of the quarantine gave her the gift of observation. “I‘m always so busy, with work and errands. When the shutdown happened and I wasn’t working so much, I truly noticed the need in our area,” she recalled. “I saw the people lined up at the food bank or standing on the street corner, or walking because they don’t have transportation. It gave me an increased desire to help those around me.” Many people, such as busy Branson professional Rolainny Topper, relished having time to simply do more of the things they enjoy. “I have had more time for reading, connecting with old friends, meditation, going for long walks and eating healthier,” said Topper. “We have also started doing online game nights with friends and family. You’d be surprised how creative people can get!” A number of people have used their newfound time for projects such as cleaning, home improvement, planting gardens, and doing yard work. Local businesswoman Sue Braun did all of that and more. Braun spent a great deal of time attending webinars and keeping up-to-date with the ever-changing funding and low-interest loan options in an effort to help area businesses and theatres, Braun found a huge benefit to the shutdown -- the time to work on building up her own business. Said Braun, “I worked on expansion plans for my business, Classic Creations and more. I started posting regularly on Facebook for my business.. And I started a program where people can bring a new, unworn cloth mask to me and I’ll bling it up for them (to encourage people to wear their masks). My husband and I also started a sculpture in honor of all of the heroes of Covid-19, including essential workers in healthcare, truckers,
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Sometimes you just need to give your mask an attitude. (Submitted to Branson Globe)
ing and making jewelry, while one son is now raising ducks and chickens, which provide the family with fresh eggs each day. “Our family has very much enjoyed having more time with my husband, my kids’ father,” said Joanna Thurston, a stay-at-homemom and homeschool teacher. “He usually works so much, so having him here more has been a blessing. We have also just enjoyed taking life at a slower pace, not having to go, go, go all of the time.” SEE POSITIVE, PAGE 9
grocery store workers, police, fire and all the people who stayed home to protect themselves and others.” Some, such as Shaleign Meekie took the opportunity to make big life changes. After working two jobs for many years, Meekie has enrolled in college classes, and is now enjoying life as a stayat-home mom! Meekie credits the shutdown of her jobs with prompting positive and exciting change. Many people have spent time reconnecting with nature, hiking, biking or simply enjoying time outdoors. Others found time to once again experience the beauty, peace, and serenity of our area lakes.
Celebrate being together. (Submitted to Branson Globe)
Stone County resident Gina Bishop is enjoying some extra time on the water. “We’ve been doing a little more floating or paddling around the lake,” said Bishop. “I’ve also been doing a little more sewing, making masks, I will actually now be sewing with my mother a couple of days a month, hopefully making Christmas gifts.” Like most of us, Karen Garrett, mother of a teen-aged daughter, has embraced the gift of more time. At the beginning of Covid-19, Garrett spent much of her time making masks to ship SEE POSITIVE, PAGE 10
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Cox Medical Center Branson Outpatient Center, has a permanent drug drop box that is accessible during business hours and free of charge to use. The drop boxes also help prevent people from flushing medications down the toilet or pouring them down the sink. This is dangerous because the drugs end up in water systems and ground water. “The dangers are affecting the streams and waterways in the area,” said North Operations Sean Barnwell of the Branson Police Department. “The wastewater is treated but ultimately goes to the waterways and also has the opportunity to endanger our public works workers. When medication is outdated, it is still a danger.” The types of medication that can be properly disposed of in a permanent drug drop box are tablets, capsules, liquid medications (in a leak proof container), creams, gels, patches, suppositories, gummies, dissolvable strips, over the counter medications, prescription medications, pet medications and vitamins. Inhalers, needles/syringes and auto injectors should not be placed in a drug drop box. “Anyone can bring their medications they want to dispose of to Hollister,” said Officer Michelle Lappin of Hollister Police Department. “They can come drop their medication anytime without any questions asked.”
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to family members and others in the healthcare field who were having difficulty obtaining needed supplies. Recently, however, she has found satisfaction in slowing down and enjoying more leisure time. “I think the greatest benefit of a shutdown world has been the willingness and the ability to take life at a slower pace,”
bransonglobe.com Barnwell said that there are usually arranged drop off points at various pharmacies twice a year in the area. There is always a police officer at these drop offs. Pharmacist Jay Givens at Family Pharmacy on Hwy. 248 said one of the reasons several area pharmacies rotate hosting a drug drop is to take it closer to where people live. “It makes it easier for people,” he said. This way one of them will be closer to their homes and that makes it more convenient.” Barnwell said the date for the next neighborhood drop box days has not been announced but yet but the “next one is tentatively set for April,” he said. “Until that time the police department drop box is available 24 hours a day seven days a week.” Local law enforcement offices in Stone and Taney counties provide this option year round 24 hours a day. Police Departments with drop off boxes are Branson Hollister Police Rockaway Beach Police Department (limited hours), Kimberling City Stone County Sheriff’s Department in Galena and Taney County Sheriff’s Department in Forsyth. There were 425 pounds of prescription drugs collected in Stone and Taney counties during the spring Take-Back event in 2019. Anyone wanting more information on the permanent drug drop boxes call (417) 335-7333 or the police department nearest you. noted Garrett. “Why not have movies and popcorn in the morning. We have time for that. Why not cook that dish you love but it takes a long time to cook. We have time for that. Why not take an extra 30 minutes when talking on the phone with a friend or loved one. We have time for that. I have always heard the expression ‘Take time to smell the roses’. Now I have time to plant the roses if I want!”
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Good News Network Do you remember your very first day at school? For most of us, it was so exciting to meet a teacher for the first time. It was great fun to have new classmates and a real desk to sit at. For children this year, things are a little different. It’ll still feel thrilling to be in a new environment, to wear a special uniform. But it might also be a little scary to be sitting at a desk surrounded by strange plastic screens as a six-year-old. These two Florida teachers have figured out a way to make those plastic dividers—installed on desks
glass; Dovi and Martin paid for the decorations out of their own pockets. Martin estimates that the desks took about a week to complete. Wasn’t all that work worth it? Family and friends of these two
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First grade teachers make social distancing fun by turning desks into Jeeps to protect children during the age of COVID-19—less nerve-wracking, and more totally, joyfully brilliant. First-grade teachers Patricia Dovi and Kim Martin, of St. Barnabas Episcopal School in DeLand, Florida have turned coronavirus dividers into the windshields and windows of, yes, Jeeps. “Anything that we can do to add some silliness and some creativity to get them excited is going to be really important in the longevity of this school year,” Dovi told Insider. The school supplied the plexi-
inspiring teachers helped turn the desks into colorful Jeeps with personalized license plates. Each student arrived just yesterday, to find their very own ‘car’ waiting for them.
“It’s going to be more fun to say, ‘Hey, purple Jeep, you’re getting out of your lane,’” Martin joked. “I think it will be a smart way to keep the kids engaged.” We have no doubt about that.
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30 high school football players swoop to clear paralyzed man’s yard after storm Good News Network The Roosevelt High School football team came to the rescue last week for a paralyzed man and his family after a Derecho wind
storm battered the neighborhood with 100 mph winds. Ray has been paralyzed for decades, cared for by his two sisters in Des Moines, Iowa. When four
giant trees came crashing onto his property destroying a privacy fence, the ladies called some old friends to see if they could borrow a chainsaw.
‘You need more than a chainsaw,’ was the response. Instead, Doug Applegate called in some Top Guns: 30 team members of the Rough Riders football squad. The teens worked with chain saws and muscle, and less than three hours later, the yard was cleared of tree limbs—man more than 24 inches in diameter. The fence was also repaired and back in place.
“That’s just really what people in Iowa do, we help each other out,” Jackson Neary, a HS senior told KCCI News. Ray’s sister Janice Love broke down in tears when trying to thank the group after the clean up was completed. But Ray knew just what to say: “Go, Rough Riders!” he exclaimed softly, while sporting a huge smile.
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American Girl turns Virginia community hero into a doll
Good News Network April O’Quinn was one of five national winners in the “Heroes with Heart” contest run by American Girl Dolls, following a nationwide call for nominations. Of the thousands of nominations the Mattel company received, the one sent in by April’s niece was chosen to represent the best of the COVID-19 frontline heroes who have been risking their lives to help others. Young Lacey lives in Texas,
and she is always telling people about her Aunt April, who works for the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA). Lacey told American Girl that her Aunt contracted the coronavirus— but even after her long recovery, she chose to return to RAA. “She didn’t hesitate for a moment,” Lacey wrote on her contest submission, which was published by American Girl. April got a phone call last month from Lacey with the exciting news. “Lacey was on the other side
Click to watch the video! Paul Vaughan’s hillbilly hot tub. (Photo courtesy of SWNS)
Bored man builds ‘hillbilly hot tub’ in his back yard Good News Network A 65-year-old salesman had no work during lockdown and wanted to find a new way to relax and reduce stress while sitting in his garden. Paul Vaughan built his very own budget hot tub using an old, pre-formed pond base that he dug out from his garden. The water is cleaned using the old fish pond filtration system, which he runs through 21 yards of hose pipe sitting on his concrete path, to heat the water. And just for a laugh, Paul added an outboard motor—to create swirling jacuzzi bubbles—and
he’s been relaxing in the homemade tub in Bridgend, Wales, every day since. (He took a picture of the outboard motor just once for a joke, but, of course “for safety reasons” he never sits in the tub at the same time as the prop is spinning.) Paul’s creation took just half-aday to build and he said he is pretty pleased with his efforts, especially because the empty pond was being used as a log stand before he got to work on the hot tub. “It is not very efficient, but slowly, very slowly, it does the job.” And, all at a cost that can’t be beat!
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April O’Quinn, left, and her American Girl doll. (Submitted by Richmond Ambulance Authority)
American Girl Dolls ‘Heroes with Heart’ honors frontline heroes who risk their lives to help others. To see more about the dolls and American Girl, visit https://www.americangirl.com/heroes. (Courtesy of American Girl)
screaming that we had won! I was in shock,” April told WTVR news. “I had no words. I ended up crying because I couldn’t say anything.” She got to watch via video chat as the girl opened her new doll after it came in the mail—and the likeness was pretty remarkable.
“The stars and brightness in her face and eyes were amazing,” said April. The winners received a one-ofa-kind custom doll and outfit in their hero’s likeness and a $250 gift card. “It’ll be something that neither one of us will ever forget. It’s a
bond that I’ll hold with her forever,” April said of her niece Lacey. In June, American Girl started selling an outfit for their dolls that inspires admiration for all the medical workers. Called the ‘Scrubs Outfit’, it includes pink scrub pants, a colorful nurses top, slip-on shoes and a matching fabric face mask.
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First grader dreams of feeding homeless people, so she launches her own foundation
Good News Network Paris Williams is six years old. Like many of her firstgrade peers, she’s adorable, but this little girl is also driven by
a mission to help others who are less fortunate. So driven in fact, that she’s launched her own nonprofit foundation, Paris Cares, to feed the homeless in her area.
Paris’s mom, Alicia Marshall, says her daughter’s inspiration to become a hands-on good Samaritan was the title character of Cari Chadwick Deal’s chil-
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dren’s book, “One Boy’s Magic,” who also uses his powers to feed the homeless. “She was reading books at school about giving and she came home one day, and she was like, ‘I want to give back to the homeless. What can we do to help the homeless?’ Marshall told KTVI FOX 2 News. “We kind of brainstormed some ideas and we came up making care packages.” “I wanted to give something to the homeless,” Paris explained, “like the boy in the book.” Paris might not have had a magic wand, but she didn’t let that stop her. Turning instead to more practical magic and the help of her parents, Paris assembled and delivered (via non-contact drop off) more than 500 care packages containing food and other essentials to downtown St. Louis’s homeless, as well as handing out approximately 250 meals to essential workers. But Paris wasn’t satisfied to
simply donate goods. It was important to her to forge a bond with the people she was trying to help. After filling each package herself, Paris drew a picture or wrote a personal message on each one to create the kind of human connection so many of the homeless sorely lack. “It makes me really proud because with everything that’s going on in the world this small child who is entering first grade has such a big heart,” Marshall said. “She wants to give. She wants to help others.” Paris has already accomplished a lot by anyone’s standards, but if she has her way, she’s only just getting started. She’s looking toward holding a Thanksgiving hotfood drive for the homeless and also hopes to start a Christmas toy fund for kids in need. “I want to inspire people to do good things,” Paris said. Out of the mouths of babes, it seems, comes not only wisdom and truth, but kindness and generosity as well.
Meet Kerith, the firefighters’ best friend
This sweet-natured golden retriever has one very important job. As a certified crisis response therapy dog, she’s tasked with helping exhausted firefighters get the kind of comfort only a four-legged friend can provide. That’s especially important work right now, as hundreds across Marin County work extra long shifts to try and contain the Woodward Fire that’s currently blazing in Northern California. Kerith has her own sweet Instagram account, @kerith_the_golden_retriever. “Kerith is boosting morale during the crew’s morning briefing,” Heidi Carmen, Kerith’s human caretaker, told CNN. “She makes people feel loved, special and important. One firefighter told me ‘Kerith has the uncanny ability to make me feel like I am the most important person in the world.’” (Instagram, kerith_the_golden_retriever)
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BBQ join cooks up comfort food for storm-ravaged Iowa town, free of charge Good News Network When straight-line winds blew through his beloved adopted home of Cedar Rapids, one local hero leapt into the fray with his own very special brand of barbecue to the rescue.
We’re all familiar with the wreckage wrought by hurricanes and tornadoes, but a derecho, with wide-ranging, sustained winds sometimes in excess of 100 miles per hour, can have equally disastrous consequences.
After a series of derechos tore across a swath the Midwest on Monday, August 10, leaving a swath of destruction in their wake, Willie Fairley, owner of the iconic local eatery Willie Ray’s Q Shack, was driven by his strong sense of
community to selflessly volunteer his services and his grill, serving up as many as 400 free meals a day for neighbors in need. “[We’re] giving out food, doing whatever we can,” Fairley told KGAN News. “Help[ing] the neighbors move trees. I brought the grill home and cooked for everybody and somehow we’re here.” Cedar Rapids felt the brunt of the derechos’ fury. Approximately 50 people with storm-related injuries were hospitalized, and according to Cedar Rapids Fire Chief Greg Smith, more than 800 residential and commercial buildings suffered full or partial collapse of the roof, walls, ceiling, or floors. “It’s devastating you know,” Fairley told KGAN, “a city you’ve been in for 18 years and you see it just crumble down.” Fairley set the BBQ ball in play and social media has kept it rolling. Donations keep pouring in. “The main reason we’re doing it free is because there’s been a lot of people donate to us to help us keep feeding people,” he told CNN. “So, we figure we’ll just do it to make sure everybody gets something.”
Even after the derecho cleanup is over, Fairley plans to help out with meals for a homeless shelter at least once a week. “People keep donating, so we’re going to be giving out food for a long time.” Thomas Clark, who helps Fairley prep and distribute meals, sums up his community’s feelings about Fairley. “He’s doing such a great job and we’re proud of where he’s taken this and how he started from nothing now he’s out here doing it with honestly nothing and just to do it. He’s not asking for anything. I’ve known him for 15 [or] 16 years and he’s always been that way,” Clark told KGAN. Fairley’s efforts are so appreciated, Willie Ray’s Q Shack has been nominated for the Discover Eat it Forward program, a contest that awards $25,000 prizes to Blackowned restaurants. But as much as it’s great to be recognized for his efforts, Fairley believes being able to give back has been the greatest reward he’s taken away from the whole experience, saying, “I wish I could put my shoes on and everybody [would] know how I feel on the inside.”
Willie Fairley of Willie Ray’s Q Shack in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, dishes up great BBQ and smiles. (Willie Ray’s Q Shack/Facebook)
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Watch grassy areas, woody brush for entertaining rabbit games By Peg Craft, Missouri Dept. of Conservation Bugs, Thumper, and the energizer are popular animated bunnies. In real life, cottontail rabbits are as entertaining to watch as their cartoon counterparts. Around dusk or dawn the games are on. They will cavort, chase, and sometimes fight. Cavorting is a courtship ritual. Males run fast towards females to show interest. Females jump in the air as males pass underneath. Females will jump higher and males will spray urine if interested. Eastern cottontails have multiple litters with few surviving to breed. Rabbits are a preferred meat source for many predators including coyotes, owls, foxes, and hawks. If spotted, they may run in a zig-zag pattern up to 18 mph. Cottontails have strong senses of sight, hearing, and smell. They communicate by thumping their hind feet, making noises, and letting out highpitched screams when caught. They feed on grasses and plants at night. Watch for cavorting cottontails on summer evenings. Rabbits thrive in habitats of mixed grasses, forbs, and woody brush. Managing your land for a wide diversity of plants will ensure rabbits have plenty of good food and cover choices. The eastern cottontail rabbit, swamp rabbit, and black-tailed jackrabbit are the only three types of rabbits that live in Missouri. The cottontail is the most common and can be found throughout the state. Under good conditions, the cottontail’s home range is often less than 5 acres. Therefore, the average-size Missouri farm and many recreational properties
have plenty of room for rabbit management. Cottontails choose mostly open areas with scattered grasses and other herbaceous vegetation for nesting. These areas provide good cover as well as abundant foods. Dense, well-distributed protective cover is the most critical element in good rabbit habitat. By making sure to kill any dense, sod-forming grasses beneath the edge feathered trees,
you will provide a variety of food and cover plants intermixed with the brushy downed tops. Discover more about creating and improving rabbit habitat at https://mdc.mo.gov/property/ improve-my-property/wildlife-management/rabbit-management. Click here to watch a video
‘Look, there’s a bunny!’ An Eastern Cottontail poses for the camera. (Shutterstock)
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Branson Area 5 Day Outlook
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By Daryl Weather, Weather Forecaster It’s been quite the busy week in weather, with first, Tropical Storm Marcos and Hurricane Laura. Marcos brought just a small amount of rain to various
parts of the Ozarks, but Laura brought quite a bit more. Laura was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday afternoon, after making landfall in Louisiana very near the Texas border overnight Wednesday as a strong Category 4 hurricane.
This makes Laura the most intense hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in 164 years. Laura also ties the record as the strongest hurricane to hit the state of Louisiana. Laura has since moved off to our east and a cold front has
moved through so our weather for the next few days will hold chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temps will be mild with daily highs in the mid 80’s and overnight temps in the upper 60’s.
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1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time 1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty 1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) 1645 Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
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1682 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World 1836 The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen 1843 1st time African-Americans participate in a national political convention (Liberty Party) 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
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1890 President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products 1901 English engineer Hubert Cecil Booth patents the powered vacuum cleaner 1918 Fanya Kaplan attempts but fails to assassinate Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India 1932 Hermann Goering elected Chairman of the Reichstag 1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet
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1941 Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII 1941 Winston Churchill approves a nuclear programme (Tube Alloys), first national leader to do so 1945 General Douglas MacArthur lands in Japan 1956 Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens in Louisiana, longest continuous bridge in the world 1963 Hotline communication link between the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the Kremlin in Moscow installed. Often known as the “red telephone” no phones were ever used, relying instead on Teletype equipment, fax machines and most recently secure email. 1967 US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1979 1st recorded occurrence
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of a comet hitting the sun, releases energy equal to one million hydrogen bombs 1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1993 150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower 2007 NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 crosses the termination shock, where solar and interstellar winds met (following Voyager 1 in 2004)
Movies & TV • 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of NBC’s “Today Show” • 2013 “12 Years a Slave” based on the memoir by Solomon Northup, directed by Steve McQueen and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2014) • 2015 Rap artist Kanye West
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Million by a nose over The Bart Birthdays • 1797 Mary Shelley, English author (Frankenstein), born in London, England (d. 1851) • 1898 Shirley Booth, American actress (Hazel), born in NYC, New York (d. 1992) • 1918 Ted Williams, American baseball player and last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP ‘46, ‘49; Trip Crown ‘42, ‘47), born in San Diego, California (d. 2002) • 1930 Warren Buffett, American business magnate (world’s wealthiest person in 2008), born in Omaha, Nebraska • 1944 Tug McGraw, American baseball player and father of Tim McGraw, born in Martinez, California (d. 2004) • 1972 Cameron Diaz, American actress (Shrek, The Mask, My Best Friend’s Wedding), born in Long Beach, California • 1982 Andy Roddick, American tennis player (2003 US Open), born in Austin, Texas
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