Taylor Goad smokes one of her three kills in the first set.

New Haven, Mo. – Friday night the lady shamrocks easily won their season opener, knocking of Father Tolton Catholic in two sets (25-13, 25-11).

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Friday afternoon the Missouri Conservation Commission approved changes to the Wildlife Code of Missouri that indefinitely suspend issuing permits for new big-game hunting facilities and new wildlife breeding facilities in Missouri that hold white-tailed deer or mule deer.

Thomas E "Tom" Adams, Jr., 66, of New Haven, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at his home.

Mr. Adams, Jr. was born in Galesburg, Illinois on January 24, 1946, the son of the late Thomas E. Adams, Sr. and Mary L. (Housley) Gollehur.

He was the husband of Judy (Gollehur) Adams. They were married July 10, 1965 at Galesburg, Illinois. Judy survives in New Haven.

Pictured is Kyle Quick interviewing Todd Akin at the Scheer Dairy Farm during Misssouri Dairy Month.
By Kyle Quick

I am sure you are tired of hearing about the same story told over and over about Todd Akin's absurd comment made during an interview on KTVI.  Frankly I feel the same way.  I'm just going to say what everyone else probably wants to say, “Dude give it up”.

Photo courtesy the Startwout Family.

The fairs and festivals of summer are winding down, and appropriately, today is the day that the waffle iron was patented in 1869; perfect for those waffle and ice cream sandwiches we have been enjoying all summer.