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Missouri Dept. of Conservation: Hiking is great for health and happiness
By Peg Craft, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
A walk around the block has its benefits, but if you really want to ramp up your health and happiness, try hiking. From out your door down to your core, research shows multiple benefits for mind and body. With cooling temps and changing colors, fall is a great time to hit the trails.
Besides enjoying nature’s surround sounds, fresh scents, and colors, you can boost your brain power and creative thinking.
Whether trail running or walking, the physical benefits of hiking are wide-ranging. The uneven terrain of paths that wind up, down, and sideways, work a variety muscle groups and help with overall balance--boosting the energy you use by 28 percent compared to walking on flat surfaces (Time Magazine). Hikers report benefits like weight loss, stress relief, better sleep, and more positive thoughts.
New hikers can start out slow and build up with a variety of trails and scenery from short walks to more moderate hikes. For safety and company, you can take a buddy or join a hiking club. Be prepared and stay hydrated to enjoy healthy and happy trails. Care should be taken on variable terrain to avoid injuries. There are several smooth surfaced trails as well. It’s important to be prepared before going hiking. These tips from the American Hiking Society are sure to help. • Wear appropriate footwear. Consider shoes or boots with traction, support and protection. Consider bringing a paper map and compass as a backup to your phone and GPS unit. Stay hydrated! Plan for a half liter of water per hour in moderate temperatures/terrain. Bring calorie-dense foods for a hike snack. Be sure to bring along a first aid kit.
Hiking is good for body, mind and spirit. (MDC photo)
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MDC to present not-so-spooky virtual story time Oct. 14
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Everyone loves story time, especially when it’s about nature. So, gather your little ones around your computer, phone or tablet for Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) virtual “Nature Storytime,” on Oct. 14, from 10 to 10:30 a.m.
“Since October is the ‘spooky’ month, I’m going to read a couple stories about critters that people might think of as spooky, like spiders and bats,” said MDC Naturalist Cameron Johnston. “We’ll then use puppets to review what we learned about the animals, while talking about how these critters are beneficial and that we shouldn’t fear them.”
This program is designed for children age 6 and younger but is open to all ages. Registration is required.
Children ages 0-2 should register for “Babes in the Woods: Virtual Nature Storytime” at https://mdcevent-web.s3licensing.com/Event/ EventDetails/174547
Children ages 3-6 should register for “Little Acorns: Virtual Nature Storytime” at https://mdc-eventweb.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/174549
Individuals 7 years of age and older may register under either link.
Please make sure that your MDC account includes an accurate email address, so that you can receive a link to the virtual program.
Questions about this event can be emailed to MDC Naturalist at Cameron.Johnston@mdc.mo.gov (link sends e-mail).
More information about other upcoming activities at MDC’s Cape Girardeau Nature Center can also be obtained by calling 573-290-5218. Staff at MDC facilities across the state are holding virtual programs. A listing of these programs can be found at mdc. mo.gov/regions.
Children of all ages will enjoy “Nature Storytime.” (MDC Photo)
Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who became the sparkplug of the Big Red Machine and the prototype for baseball’s artificial turf era, has died. He was 77.
He died at his home Sunday in Danville, California, family spokesman James Davis said in statement Monday. Morgan was suffering from a nerve condition, a form of polyneuropathy.
Morgan’s death marked the latest among major league greats this year: Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Tom Seaver and Al Kaline.
Morgan was a two-time NL Most Valuable Player, a 10time All-Star and won five Gold Gloves. A 5-foot-7 dynamo known for flapping his left elbow at the plate, Little Joe could hit a home run, steal a base and disrupt any game with his daring.
Reds’ second baseman Joe Morgan (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Most of all, he completed Cincinnati’s two-time World Series championship team, driving a club featuring the likes of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez to back-to-back titles.
Morgan’s tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning of Game 7 in 1975 gave the Reds the crown in a classic matchup with Boston, and he spurred a four-game sweep of the Yankees the next season.
Morgan was the league’s MVP both years. And his Hall of Fame teammates and manager readily acknowledged he was the one that got it all started.
The smallest cog in the Big Red Machine was its most valuable piece, and easily a first-ballot pick for Cooperstown.
“He was just a good major league player when it didn’t mean anything,” former Reds and Tigers skipper Sparky Anderson once said. “But when it meant something, he was a Hall of Famer.”
In a 22-year career through 1984, Morgan scored 1,650 runs, stole 689 bases, hit 268 homers and batted .271. But those stats hardly reflected the force created on the field by the lefty-swinging No. 8.
Confident and cocky, he also was copied. His habit of flapping his back elbow as a way to keep it high when hitting was imitated by many a Little
Leaguer in Cincinnati and beyond.
“Joe wasn’t just the best second baseman in baseball history,” Bench said. “He was the best player I ever saw and one of the best people I’ve ever known.”
Health issues had slowed down
Morgan in recent years. Knee surgery forced him to use a cane when he went onto the field at Great American Ball Park before the 2015 All-Star Game and he later needed a bone marrow transplant for an illness.
Missouri blames database error on website for COVID-19 spike
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) is in the process of migrating Missouri incorrectly report- with the data were limited to cu- the problem and are working — A “database extract error” re- all COVID-19 testing and case ed Saturday on its coronavirus mulative reporting on its Show Me through the weekend to correct sulted in an incorrect inflation of data into one new consolidated website more than 5,000 new Strong Covid-19 Public Health the underlying issue,” said Dr. the number of reported COVID-19 system. COVID-19 cases, more than dou- Dashboard. Randall Williams, the agency’s cases in Missouri going back over The state launched a new ver- ble the previous single-day record. The revised coronavirus num- director. “Missourians should several days, Missouri health offi- sion of its coronavirus dashboard The agency said Sunday it is bers for Missouri are pending. feel confident that we apprecicials said Sunday. on Sept. 28 to integrate pandem- working urgently to resolve the “When this issue was initial- ate their feedback and continue
The Missouri Department ic response across public health, issue and will update its website ly raised Saturday morning, the to adapt our processes to ensure of Health and Senior Services economic, employment and so- with the correct numbers once dashboard team began work- effective and accountable resaid in a news release that it cial impact indicators. that is done. It said the problems ing through the data to identify porting to our citizens.”
Former Missouri youth pastor charged with child sex abuse
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former youth pastor was charged with seven felonies following accusations he sexually abused a child in Missouri.
Jeff Taylor, 46, of Strafford, Missouri, was charged Thursday with five counts of statutory sodomy and two counts of statutory rape, the Springfield News-Leader reported.
Taylor is accused of sexually abusing a child for several years beginning when the victim was younger than 14. He was booked into the Green County jail Wednesday, a day after the
victim reported it to law enforcement.
Taylor allegedly told the Greene County Sheriff’s deputies that he engaged in sexual activity with the victim and said his actions were “based in love,” according to a court document.
Taylor worked at the First Baptist Church in Strafford until a few days, court documents say.
If convicted, he faces a possible life sentence. Online court records do not list an attorney for Taylor.
Fish will fly in re-scheduled Gulf Coast event
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Once canceled amid coronavirus concerns, the annual Mullet Toss is back on again at a popular roadhouse at the Florida-Alabama state line.
In the annual event at the Flora-Bama Lounge, contestants throw dead fish from a point in Florida across the state line, vying for distance records.
AL.com reports that the April event was postponed this year due to the spread of COVID-19. Now, it’s set for Oct. 23-25.
Co-owner Cameron Price says the organizers are taking advantage of the loosening of Florida coronavirus restrictions. Price adds that it’s an outdoor event in breezy conditions.
Price says free masks will be available but masks won’t be mandatory.
“We are not mandating that anybody wear masks out there,” he said. “If you want to come here and wear a mask, you’re welcome to come here and wear a mask. Nobody’s going to look at you funny.”
The announcement of the rescheduled Mullet Toss comes during a tumultuous year for the venue.
In March, Flora-Bama owners shut down the bar and several related businesses — even before it was mandated by Florida.
In the ensuing months, it operated at times as a bar, at times as a restaurant, depending on state regulations.
Hurricane Sally in also caused a brief shutdown but caused only minor damage.
Driverless boat spins out of control, smashing docks
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Three men conducting a photo shoot on a boat in a busy Florida river somehow went overboard, leaving the 24-foot vessel unmanned and out of control.
The three men told deputies that they accidentally fell into the St. Lucie River along Florida’s Atlantic coast on Saturday, leaving the boat unmanned. It circled around the men numerous times, forcing them to dive underwater so it wouldn’t run them over.
The boat then straightened out, hit a concrete dock, went airborne and hit a second dock before coming to a stop, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
The men were able to swim to a nearby sailboat. One had a minor injury, the sheriff’s office said.
An investigation into the cause has been turned over to
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If you are wondering if it’s fall or summer, don’t feel bad! A lot of us are wondering that same the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman’s home
BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimeter (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the open door.
Freiburg police said Thursday that they received a call reporting the unwanted home invader in the nearby town of Unterlauchringen, near the Swiss border, the previous morning.
Before they arrived, police say, the woman captured the crustacean by putting an upSAT 83 thing. After a week of temps in the 80s we can expect this to stick around for the weekend as well.
Looks like we will get a break on Tuesday when highs are only side-down garbage can on top of it.
Officers were able to put the crab into a container and then take it to a local veterinary clinic.
The invasive species, native to Asia, is now found in many rivers in Germany, and the woman’s residence was not Columbus Day MON 84 Partly To Mostly Cloudy going to be in the mid 70s. Rain chances are still slim as Hurricane Delta looks to not want to share much of that precipitation with us. I will still keep an eye on Del-
far from the Rhine, though the Chinese mitten crab has never been reported in the area before. They’re not considered
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1066 Battle of Hastings: William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is killed in the battle 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland’s independence 1492 Christopher Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion (Bahamas) 1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth 1773 American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom’s East India Company tea ships’ cargo are burned at Annapolis,
Maryland. 1774 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia 1834 First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter 1867 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigns in Japan 1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film 1892 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” collection of 12 stories originally published serially in “The Strand Magazine” 1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee 1922 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC 1926 A. A. Milne’s book “Winnie the Pooh” released 1933 Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations 1934 “Lux Radio Theatre” premieres 1938 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities 1948 Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt 1949 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1952 UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York 1957 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne. 1958 The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members. 1960 Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy in a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Premier Nikita Khrushchev replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1966 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1968 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) 1975 US President Gerald Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to American economist Milton Friedman 1980 Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to the US Supreme Court 1981 Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner 1982 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea 1982 US President Reagan proclaims a war on drugs 1986 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel, for his efforts to ensure the Holocaust was remembered 1987 In Midland, Tx 1½-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22’ (7m) down a well 1994 NASA Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1996 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010) 2014 Utah State Universi-
ty receives terrorist threats pertaining to Anita Sarkeesian’s planned lecture the following day 2017 Producer Harvey Weinstein is expelled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after historical revelations of sexual harassment and rape
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• 1930 George Gershwin and
Ira Gershin’s musical “Girl
Crazy” starring Ginger
Rogers and Ethel Merman premieres in NYC • 1964 Philips begins experimenting with color TV • 1971 John Lennon and
Yoko Ono appear on “Dick
Cavett Show” • 1978 1st TV movie from a TV series-”Rescue from
Gilligan’s Island” • 1979 NBC premiere of
U.S. TV adaptation of Helen Keller’s life story “The Miracle Worker” 2007 “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US
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• 1908 Upset over seating arrangements at the Baseball
World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become
Baseball Writers Association of America • 1916 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person. • 1968 American sprinter Jim
Hines runs a world record 9.95s to beat Lennox Miller of Jamaica and Charles
Greene of the US, and win the 100m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 1979 NHL’s greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal 1990 SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs Atlanta (45-35) 2003 Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou. Cubs give up eight runs in the inning and lose to the Marlins 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as the turning point in the series
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• 1939 BMI (Broadcast Music
Incorporated) formed • 1957 Everly Brothers’ “Wake
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