The last month has been very busy with meetings and working on legislation for 2024. I am working on legislation to support law enforcement, increase penalties for violent crimes, increase access to …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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11/8/23
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All through the fall hunting season, those of us who love to hunt waterfowl prayed for rain. The one thing you need for great duck hunting is plenty of water, and we just didn’t have it. …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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2/28/24
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A strange thing is happening out in California, where people are starting to live in caves. If you remember, I wrote about my grandfather and I staying in caves on the Big Piney River in the 60s. We …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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2/14/24
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For the sake of our city please don’t stop paying attention
I have heard a lot of talk about the Belle City Council meeting that happened February 12. Some people are saying that we were …
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2/21/24
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For most of two hours, the little beagle had struck trail after trail, and hotly pursued a half dozen cottontails in circles that wound around broamsedge, cedar thickets and patches of briar and …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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2/7/24
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In a significant move towards bolstering public safety and recognizing the sacrifice of law enforcement officers, a group of dedicated Missouri lawmakers and esteemed members of the law enforcement …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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2/21/24
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When I am hunting and fishing now I am almost always alone and I have conversations with myself. Some say that when someone does that, it is an indication that they are crazier than a pet coon, but I …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/31/24
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A merican history lists many great Native American Chiefs, including Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo and Cochise. Long before these great leaders was one honored by colonial Americans …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/26/23
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The last few days of deer season are tough. Those final days for me occur at the close of the ‘muzzle- loader season” when whitetail deer are almost finished with the ‘rut’ …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/17/24
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In 1965, The Mamas & the Papas sang the words, “I’d be safe and warm/If I was in L.A.,” as part of their hit song “California Dreamin’.” Decades later, if the …
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By Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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7/26/23
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Doc Dykes was a frequent visitor to the pool hall in 1963. He was quiet and good humored, plagued with petit-mal seizures on occasion. Doc Dykes was a chiropractor, and likely as educated a man as …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/10/24
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H ave you ever gone against your college’s opinion and opposed the majority? Maybe you refused to accept a joint of marijuana or decided to wait for marriage before sex. That person is referred …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/10/24
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All through the history of the earth, (and I am talking about tens of thousands of years back) there has been ‘climate change’ on earth. If you want to call it that… I don’t.
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/3/24
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To the Editor:
You may be seeing people collecting signatures in our area. This initiative would allow Missouri voters to once again CHANGE our Missouri CONSTITUTION. This means it will be …
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4/17/24
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I’m sure you remember old Ed Bradbury and Maggie, you haven’t been gone that long. Years ago we ducks on the slough over on the back of Ed’s farm, where you go to floundering around …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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12/13/23
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In response to last week’s newspaper article (March 13), “Maries County prosecutor delays filing MSHP probable cause statement against Belle officer”, I would like to provide some …
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3/27/24
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It is now mid-April and we are seeing flowers blooming, regular warmer temperatures in the forecast and more people enjoying outdoor activities. Spring also means that days are longer in the Senate …
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By State Sen. Justin Brown, Missouri's 16th District
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4/17/24
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Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” But for Missouri farmers, taxes are about to become a lot more uncertain. Barring action from …
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BY SPENCER TUMA
Director of National Legislative Affairs, Missouri Farm Bureau
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4/10/24
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There is a special place I visit to bow-hunt and get away from people and this awful world. It is on a lake and I get there by boat. I know that bass fishing is often very good on the nearby lake …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/11/23
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I was just in the right place at the right time to see it, and it didn’t last long. A hawk came out of the timber and passed across a small opening in the woods with a cluster of oak leaves in …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/31/23
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