Stories from Friday, December 21, 2012

To the Editor: Another year has gone by and we would like to let everyone know what has been going on at Kindred Spirit Animal Rescue. This year we have taken in 231 animals and adopted out 42. This has been our best year for adoptions since we opened in 2008. ...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor When waterfowl hunting is glacially slow in December and you're out of deer tags, you have to come up with alternatives to take advantage of a weekend off from work. That was my quandary Friday afternoon as I tried to figure out what I was going to hunt Saturday morning. My choices were to either go squirrel hunting or try bowhunting for turkeys...

By MONA CHAREN In the wake of past mass shootings, when the "national conversation" has focused exclusively on guns, I have argued that our appallingly inadequate mental health system was a better subject of reform. At least half of the shooters in the rampage killings that are ripping our hearts out are young men with serious mental illnesses, and our system has neither the legal nor the financial resources to get them the treatment and/or restraint that they, and we, desperately need...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor PUXICO, Mo. -- Officials at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge have opened a second public comment period to solicit input from refuge users and nearby landowners on a potential new hunting management plan, which would guide hunting activities on the refuge for the next 15 years...

By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation Enough about deer for the time being ... for those of you outdoorsmen that have had enough deer hunting for this fall or have filled all your tags, there is still plenty of waterfowl hunting opportunity to be had. A lot of you may have relatives coming in already for the holidays and waterfowl hunting is a very fun group activity...

MALDEN, MO. -- Margaret E. Jackson, 94, of Malden, Mo. died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Visitation was Thursday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. Bill Hampton was to officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park in Malden. Memorials may be made to the Malden United Methodist Church. Landess Funeral Home in Malden is in charge of arrangements...

MALDEN, MO. -- Carl McGill, 66, of Malden, Mo., died Tuesday at his residence. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Landess Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden with the Rev. James Hamlett officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Visions of fruit cake, Grandma's pecan pie, and other goodies don't have to add up to extra pounds this holiday season. Favorite foods are a part of the holiday celebrations, office parties, and even shopping trips to the mall. What's a person to do? I sure don't want to gain any more weight!...