Stories from Friday, October 19, 2012

Flora Sifford Flora DeShaney Sifford, 84, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at her home in Piedmont. Visitation will be held after 6 p.m. Friday at Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery...

Sandy Clyburn PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Sandy Clyburn, 61, of Piedmont, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at the St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont.

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Wappapello Lake's crappies are in fine shape. That's the word from Fisheries Management Biologist Dave Knuth, who is conducting his annual trapnetting survey on the lake this week. Knuth and fellow biologist Jason Crites worked the upper portion of the lake Tuesday and Wednesday, and are pulling fish in the lower lake today and Friday...

The public is invited to bring their ideas to an open house Oct. 26 at Sam A. Baker State Park near Patterson, Mo. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the open house will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the park's visitor center. Discussions will be held on current and anticipated construction projects and operational efficiencies. Visitors are invited to share comments on the park's services and operations...

By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation This fall and winter look to be particularly bad for deer/vehicle accidents. The lack of an acorn crop is forcing deer to look at fields and open areas to find food. The green vegetation found near the highways is drawing deer to them. Motorists can expect to see more deer feeding near the highways this fall...

By ANN McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service They come. They wheedle. They cajole. They beg. They promise. And then in a few days, they return. President Barack Obama has been to Ohio a lot. Mitt Romney just concluded a bus tour of Ohio. A bus tour! (Romney seems more comfortable in fast jets, boats and cars.)...

By PHYLLIS FLANIGAN University of Missouri Extension Managing Halloween Halloween is nearly here and that means decorations, pumpkins, black cats, and candy. Candy is mostly sugar and fat so we know that it contributes calories with few nutrients, but it's a part of the holiday and is fine in moderation...