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The PHS senior class won the float competition during Friday afternoon’s Homecoming parade through downtown Princeton.

Princeton blood drive is Monday Event will be at Stacy Center Post-Telegraph staff

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Princeton High School students elected Grace Kelly (left) and Evan Houck as Homecoming queen and king, respectively, before last week’s bonfire and pep rally on Oct. 4.

PRINCETON The Princeton High School chapter of the National Honor Society will sponsor a Community Blood Center blood drive next Monday, Oct. 16.

The drive will be held from 2-6 p.m. in the Stacy Center gym on the Princeton R-5 school campus. All presenting donors will receive a free t-shirt.

Book an appointment at savealife.org/group, and enter

Group Code: TM. For more information, contact NHS advisor Heather Hall at 660-748-6355 or hhall@tigertown.k12.mo.us.

If you have a medical eligibility, call 1-800-688-0900.

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The new Russ Derry Sports Complex held its first big event Saturday with the annual George Scurlock Memorial Softball Tournament with 12 games, six each on Princeton Softball Field (left) and Princeton Baseball Field (right) Top-seed Gallatin won the event, beating #6 seed Princeton in the title game.

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PRINCETON FOOTBALL: Reigning champs held scoreless final 34:55

Defense dominates second half of Homecoming victory Holt throws three TD passes, Coffman scores three TDs PRESTON COLE Princeton Post-Telegraph

PRINCETON Princeton football let its defense do much of the heavy lifting for most of the second quarter and the second half Friday night, and after spotting North Andrew a 10-point lead the Tigers gained just enough control to walk off Eddie Allen Field with a 34-16 West Grand River Conference victory.

Princeton (3-4, 3-2 WGRC) scored on its second series, a 54-yard drive fueled by a 28yard run by Talan Holt and 10yard tosses to Corbin Powell and Tyler Coffman from Holt.

Holt scored from a yard out with 2:57 left in the opening period; a failed 2-point pass left the score at 6-0 Tigers.

North Andrew (2-5, 1-4 WGRC), the reigning - albeit rebuilding and fighting injuries (Princeton fans understand the injury thing) - 8-man state champions needed just one play two possessions later to take a lead.

The Cardinals scored when Mattox Sybert punctured Princeton’s defense for a 45-yard with just 20 seconds left in the first quarter. A 2-poing pass gave NA an 8-6 lead.

Sybert broke through for another running score on another

1-play possession, a 49-yard burst with 10:55 left in the second period. A 2-point run increased the Cardinals’ lead to 16-6.

Princeton quickly survived a self-inflicted wound to cut its deficit to 2 points. After an incompletion, Holt broke off one of his patented long runs for an apparent 44-yard score, but it didn’t count. Holt had hurdled a defender and did so with decent athletic form (the boy is, after all, the reigning 2-time Missouri Class 1 state high jump champion).

Problem was, for Princeton, that’s not a legal play in high school football. Problem was, for NA, the penalty is walked off from the spot of the foul; thus, the Tigers only lost 2 yards, to their 46. On the next play, Holt found Coffman wide open in the back of NA’s defense, and hit him in stride for a 46-yard score. Powell caught a 2-point pass to make it 16-14 Cardinals near the 91/2-minute mark, a score that stood up at halftime.

That score didn’t stand up long in the second half, not after Princeton’s Ethan Rhoades recovered a Cardinal fumble at the guests’ 25. Kelby Thomas, seeing his first action since breaking his collarbone in the season opener against South Holt on Aug. 25, caught

STATISTICS OFFENSE Rushing: Tyler Coffman 3-35, 1 TD, Talan Holt 8-18, 1 TD, Clay Evans 2 (minus 15) unidentifiable players 6-56.

Passing: Holt 14-20-0, 163 yards, 3 TDs. Receiving: Corbin Powell 7-62, 1 TD; Coffman 4-59, 2 TDs; Kelby Thomas 3-42..

DEFENSE (tackles listed as solo, assists and total) Tackles: Evan Houck 7/10/17, Nico Rubio 7/5/12, Ethan Rhoades 3/4/7, Navari Payton 3/0/3, Evans 2/11/13, Cooper Boxley 2/8/10, Powell 2/5/7, Kelby Thomas 2/3/5, Coffman 1/1/2, Chanse Glenn 1/3/4, Kole Lewis 1/0/1, Payton Miller 1/0/1.

Tackles for loss: Houck.

Fumbles recovered: Rhoades.

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a 1-yard toss at the 10-minute juncture of the third quarter. Coffman followed with a 2-point catch to give the Tigers their second lead at 22-16.

Things began to unravel for the Cardinals after that. First, starting at their 26, they were flagged for consecutive holding penalties that moved the pigskin backwards to their 10.

Three plays later it was fourth down at the 12, forcing NA to punt. The Cardinals, who had a 1-yard punt in the first half (in fairness, they also had a 55-yarder), managed to get off a mere 17-yarder this time.

Coffman immediately added to Princeton’s lead, breaking off a 29-yarder with 7:37 left in the period. The scored stayed at 28-16 Prirnceton after a 2-point pass failed.

On its next series, NA was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, with a player being disqualified from further competion in the game - and the Cardinals’ game this week against Stanberry.

North Andrew couldn’t get out of its own way on the first play of the fourth quarter, when Holt was tackled on thirdand-9, but was done so with a horse-collar tackle. So instead of the Tigers facing fourth-andlong, they had third-and-2 from the Cardinal 20. After a 1-yard loss, Holt found Powell with passes of 15 and 6 yards, the second on first-and-goal for the game’s final score with 10:11 remaining. A failed 2-point kept the score 34-16, and the victory was secured.

Four Tigers were involved in at least 10 tackles, led by Evan Houck with 17. Clay Evans was in on 13 stops, Nico Rubio with 12 and Cooper Boxley with 10.

Next: St. Joseph Christian Princeton plays its final regular season this Friday as the Tigers travel to St. Joseph Christian. The Lions are tied for fifth

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Just 1 minute, 5 seconds into the second quarter Friday night, North Andrew held a 16-6 lead over Princeton. The (rebuilding) reigning Missouri 8-man state champions never scored again, and the Tigers prevailed for a 34-16 Homecoming victory. place in the WGRC with a 2-3 mark (4-3 overall) after winning at King City last week 58-26. King City is also 2-3 in conference play. The Tigers will make their 8-man debut on Eddie Allen Field next Friday, Oct. 20.

WGRC update Worth County leads the league with a 5-0 record, and are 6-1 after winning at Pattonsburg on Saturday 72-18.

Albany (4-1 WGRC, 6-1 overall) is alone in second place, while Princeton is tied for third with Stanberry (5-2 overall). North Andrew is along in seventh place, while Pattonsburg (1-6, 0-5 WGRC is eighth.

District 8 update Princeton remains in third place is the D8 standings with two weeks left before postseason action begins. The standings (with playoff points in parenthesis): 1. Schuyler County, 5-2 (38.87); 2. North Shelby, 4-3 (32.08); 3. Princeton, 3-4 (27.81); 4. Paris, 2-5 (23.12); 6.

Knox County, 1-6 (17.59).

When districts begin Oct. 27, District 8’s points leader will get the No. 1 seed and a week off until the district semifinals on Nov. 3. The No. 2 seed will host the No. 3 seed, while the No. 4 seed will host the No. 5 seed.

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PRINCETON SOFTBALL: Gallatin beats Tigers for second time in 24 hours

No. 6 seed finishes second Tigers, predicted to go 1-2 by tournament coaches, instead make tournament title game PRESTON COLE Princeton Post-Telegraph

PRINCETON We prefer to be truth-tellers around here, so here’s a bit of truth about Gallatin softball: This season, 2023, the Bulldogs were better than Princeton. Plain and simple.

They proved it Thursday evening (Oct. 5). Then, 48 hours later, they proved it again by downing the Tigers in the championship game of the George Scurlock Memorial Tournament, both times on Princeton Softball Field.

And, both times by 10-2 scores.

Gallatin (16-3 with an Oct. 9 game before districts start) got 2 runs in the top of the first inning. Faith Siemer, one of four Tiger seniors playing their final game in their new digs, got a run back on a passed ball in the bottom of the second to make it 2-1, but the Bulldogs combined some hits and some Princeton (14-7) errors, got 5 runs in the third and 3 in the fifth to go up 10-1.

Addy Henke, who had 1

of the Tigers’ 2 hits, drove in Kaydence Stockman in the fifth for Princeton’s final run.

Princeton finished the regular season on Monday night at Braymer (11-7). The Tigers are scheduled to play Northeast Nodaway at 11 a.m. Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Class 1, District 8 tournament in Stanberry.

OFFENSE - Hits: Addy Henke, Hannah Meighen. RBI: Henke. Runs scored: Faith Siemer, Kaydence Stockman. Walks: Henke. Stolen bases: Siemer.

PITCHING - Kelsey Goodin: 3.1 innings, 5 runs (4 earned), 4 hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts; Meighen: 2.2 innings, 5 runs (3 earned), 4 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts Game 1: Tigers 9, Braymer 3

Princeton got a 2-RBI double from Siemer (Macey Lewis and Henke scored), and an RBI single from Emma Walkup (Henke) for a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Braymer got a run in the top of the second and 2 in the third to tie the score, but the Tigers scored four in the third to reclaim the lead. Riley Clark scored with Evan Boxley reached on an error. Later, Grace Kelly reached on a bases-loaded error as Audrey Kel-

ly, Lewis and Boxley scored to make it 7-3. Lewis and Siemer hit RBI singles in the fifth, and the game ended after 51/2 innings on the event’s 90-minute time limit.

Siemer had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Goodin threw all 6 innings.

OFFENSE - Hits: Lewis 2, Siemer 2, G. Kelly, Walkup. 2B: Siemer. RBI: Siemer 3, Lewis, Walkup. Runs scored: Lewis 3, Henke 2, Siemer, Clark, Boxley, A. Kelly. Walks: Lewis 2, Clark 2, Henke, G. Kelly, A. Kelly. Stolen bases: Henke, Clark.

PITCHING - Goodin: 6 innings, 3 runs (1 earned), 3 hits, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts.

Game 2: Tigers 6, Albany 1

Lewis scored in the first on an error. After Albany scored its run in the top of the third, Walkup got an RBI single in the bottom of the frame to give the Tigers the lead for good. Henke drove in Celia Stiles and Grace Kelly drove in Henke with RBI singles in the fourth, and Audrey Kelly and Stiles scored in the fifth when Henke reached on an error.

Meighen threw a complete-game (7 innings) 2-hitter.

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MERCER SOFTBALL

Cardinals get split as season nears end Princeton Post-Telegraph

PURDIN, Mo. Mercer warmed up for its appear-

ance in Princeton’s annual softball tournament by downing Linn County 14-4 last Thursday (Oct. 5).

The Cardinals (9-11 going into their final regular season game on Monday of this week) used a classic combination to take the win - scoring in every inning, while allowing their opponents to score in just two.

Mercer got a run in the top of the first, only to see the Mustangs (4-13 entering the postseason) take a 3-1 lead in their half of the inning. The Cardinals tied the game in the top of the second, but LC got its final tally in the bottom of the frame to go up 4-3.

After that it was all Mercer. The Cardinals got a 5-run rally in the third to lead 8-4, added single runs in the next 3 innings and led 11-4 after six innings, and finished with a 2-run round in the See Mercer softball, Page 4

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OFFENSE - Hits: G. Kelly 2, Henke, Siemer, Walkup, Clark, Boxley, Meighen, A. Kelly. 2B: Siemer. RBI: Henke, G. Kelly, Walkup. Runs scored: Stiles 2, Henke, Lewis, Siemer, A. Kelly.

Sacrifices: A. Kelly. Stolen bases: Lewis.

PITCHING - Meighen: 7 innings, 1 run (unearned), 2 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts.

Princeton 3, East Harrison 1

PRINCETON Princeton scored a run in the third when Audrey Kelly scored on an error. The Tigers added 2 runs in the fifth when Lewis scored Audrey

Mercer ignores 8-seed in tournament finale PRESTON COLE

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Princeton’s Faith Siemer drove in 2 runs with a first-inning double during the Tigers’ first-round win Saturday over Braymer.

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Maddi Fisher let an eye-high rise ball go by during Mercer’s George Scurlock Memorial Tournament game against Gallatin.

Kelly with an infield, and Henke scored when Grace Kelly hit a popup that barely left the infield dirt to score Henke.

Princeton 11, Grundy County 1

PRINCETON Henke’s 230foot, 3-RBI home run in the bottom of the third broke a brief 1-1 tie. She also hit a 2-RBI triple in the fifth, which ended with Stiles getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

That stopped the game on the 10-run mercy rule.

Deadline restrictions caused us to not be able to run the statistics.

GEORGE SCURLOCK TOURNAMENT SCORES (Listed in bracket order) FIRST ROUND Gallatin 5, Mercer 3 Putnam County 8, Pattonsburg 6 Albany 7, Gilman City 1 Princeton 9, Braymer 3 CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS Pattonsburg 10, Mercer 9 Braymer 10, Gilman City 2 CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS Gallatin 20, Putnam County 1 Princeton 7, Albany 1 TROPHY GAMES 7th place: Mercer 6, Gilman City 4 5th place: Braymer 12, Pattonsburg 7 3rd place: Albany 15, Putnam County 8 Championship: Gallatin 10, Princeton 2

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OFFENSE - Hits: Bailey Houk 2, Emma Shipley 2, Payton Houk 2, Makenzie Hagan 2, Maddi Fisher, Breanna Houk, Kylie Cowles, Sari Rogers. 2B: Hagan 2, Shipley, Fisher, Rogers. RBI: Hagan 3, Gracie Rogers 2, S. Rogers 2, Ba. Houk, Shipley, Fisher, P. Houk, Cowles. Runs scored: Br. Houk 3, P. Houk 3, Ba. Houk 2, Shipley, G. Rogers, Hagan, Cowles. Walks: Br. Houk 2. Stolen bases: Br. Houk 2, P. Houk 2, Ba. Houk, Stark, Fisher.

PITCHING - Hagan: 7 innings, 4 runs (3 earned), 7 hits, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts.

North Harrison 16, Mercer 6

EAGLEVILLE, Mo. It was a rough night for the Cardinals last Monday (Oct. 2) against their former HDC Conference foe, as they got just 3 hits and made 10 errors in a non-conference loss.

Mercer scored 3 runs in the top of the first and added 3 more in the sixth. The Shamrocks (7-11 at the end of their regular season) got 2 runs in the bottom of the first, 5 in the third to take the lead for good, and three in the fourth for a 10-3 lead. The game ended after NH scored its sixth run in the bottom of the sixth via the

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North Harrison is now 24-3 since the 2009 season against Cardinal teams.

OFFENSE - Hits: Stark, Shipley, G. Rogers. 3B: Stark. RBI: G. Rogers. Runs scored: Shipley 2, Ba. Houk, Fisher, Br. Houk. Walks: P. Houk.

PITCHING - Hagan (L): 4 innings, 10 runs (6 earned), 9 hits, 3 walks, 1 strikeout; P. Houk: 2 innings, 6 runs (5 earned), 4 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts.

Tournament results

PRINCETON The Cardinals were the #8 seed in Saturday’s George Scurlock Memorial Tournament, but got a win by edging HDC Conference rival Gilman City in the 7th-place game, 6-4.

Mercer lost to Gallatin 5-3 in the first round, which featured a 40-degree, first-pitch temperature. The Cardinals then fell in the consolation semifinals 10-9 to Pattonsburg. Information about the tournament games was not available.

Mercer played all its games on the new Princeton Baseball Field at the new Russ Derry Sports Complex.

The Cardinals finished the regular season Monday at Green City. They are scheduled to play Gilman City at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Oct. 12) in a first-round game of the Class 1, District 8 tournament at Stanberry.

Untangling Biden’s Green Wave DAN ENGEMANN Special to the Post-Telegraph

JEFFERSON CITY A colossal battle over private property rights is underway in the Heartland, fueled by your tax dollars. If your farm, ranch, or little piece of paradise is relatively flat, chances are the property that you’ve worked hard to acquire and maintain is being eyed by green energy developers. It seems these C-Suite executives from Chicago, New York and other big cities see your land as another means to enrich themselves.

Missouri Farm Bureau has started calling this new artificial energy boom “the green web,” and each of the tangled threads leads to the Biden administration.

In January 2021, the president issued an executive order declaring a “government-wide approach to the climate crisis,” and nearly every move the administration makes is through this lens. President Biden has also laid out lofty climate goals for the country - achieving net-zero emissions status by 2050 and a 100% clean electricity sector by 2035. The latter will require the electric grid’s land use to expand by three times its current footprint. This expansion will utilize intermittent electric sources like wind and solar, which are being favored over traditional dispatchable energy sources like coal and natural gas. Despite their long-proven track record, these traditional sources of energy are being shut down at an alarming rate.

Massive climate provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act are the primary vehicles making the “green web” possible. Signed into law in 2021 and 2022, they directly fund nearly $400 billion in green energy projects, from clean electricity and transportation to electric vehicle (EV) batteries and hydrogen. According to the Wall Street Journal, some of the biggest recipients of this federal cash cow are foreign-owned businesses. This

includes Japan’s Panasonic, which was granted $2 billion in tax credits per year for battery plants in Nevada and Kansas. Countries like China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will gain immensely from the production of rare earth minerals used in battery production. The latter of these two has drawn scrutiny for child labor used for extraction of these minerals - not something to be proud of.

Make no mistake, the administration is transforming much of our daily lives. The most significant example might be the transportation sector. In August 2021, President Biden signed an executive order establishing a goal that 50 percent of new vehicles sold be zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2030. According to the EPA, ZEVs were projected to make up eight percent of light duty vehicles in 2022. The Administration’s climate goals will require a staggering 350 million ZEVs on the road, or 90% of the U.S. fleet, by 2050. If realized, that number of ZEVs alone would consume half of our aging electricity grid.

It’s under the guise of green energy, but it seems like another avenue for C-suite executives to roll right through rural America. Proposals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Authority and the Department of Energy would usurp state permitting authority and establish national electric transmission corridors.

Missour Farm Bureau is pushing back. These private companies can’t get ahold of your land fast enough, as they scream that these projects are “for the public’s benefit!” We will continue to remind everyone that landowners are part of the “public” as well and will fight to make sure they are treated fairly and properly compensated under the government’s “green web” transformation.

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Princeton Elementary School recognizes “Character Kids” SUBMITTED PHOTO

Princeton Elementary School recently held its September awards assembly. September's Character Traits were “respect and responsibility.” Respect is to treat others how you want to be treated.

Responsibility is taking ownership of what we say and do.

Winners, from left: Avery Crouse, Kindergarten; Mya Davis, first grade; Weston Gates, second grade; Tanner Barger, third grade; Rani Tudeen, fourth grade; Bryar Francis, fifth grade; and Andrew Campbell, sixth grade.

September's Character Kid awards were sponsored by A Bar K Boutique of Princeton, owned and operated by Kelsey Holt-Allen and Amanda Holt.

Strengthen families at dinner table PAUL HAMBY Special to the Post-Telegraph

MAYSVILLE, Mo. In the 1970s, Americans asked “What kind of a country are we leaving for our children and grandchildren?” So Americans launched the most successful clean up of air, water and land in the history of the world.

Today, I ask: What kind of children and grandchildren are we leaving for our country?

One of the most important things you can do as parents or grandparents is to have your family sit down and have dinner together. Psychologist Jordan Peterson says, “Humans are the only animals that willingly share food at a meal. This time provides the opportunity for each family member to share their day and the events of their week.

To talk and to listen. It’s a place for children to learn basic social skills.

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LIBERTY THOUGHTS The dinner table is a good place to teach your children manners. It’s a place where the parents should listen and learn about each child’s day in front of their siblings.”

No phones at the dinner table. This unique time at dinner creates a belonging. Your children are part of a group… a family. If kids don’t have this bonding, they will look for it somewhere else such as gangs or unhealthy relationships.

The dinner table is a place where the children absorb their parents’ values and beliefs.

The dinner table is where children can learn respect - so make sure that you are communicating the right message both verbally and non-verbally.

A September 2022 survey found that 91% of parents believe their family was less stressed when they shared family meals together.

Dinner time is an opportunity for your children to learn basic tasks.

Everyone should help in meal prep and cleanup.

This promotes the concept of teamwork. Children should get to help plan the menu and that becomes a teaching opportunity for a balanced diet. Pride and confidence are developed when children help prepare the meal. All cooks have failures, and that too is a

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October 12, 2023

Extension, MDC program cuts feral hog population by 65% in some areas of state LINDA GEIST Special to the Post-Telegraph

SALEM, Mo. Kevin Crider knows a troublemaker when he sees one, whether it be two-legged or four-legged.

Before joining University of Missouri Extension as a feral hog outreach educator, Crider spent 28 years as a Colorado state trooper and as a U.S. park ranger.

He also was a Missouri Department of Conservation feral hog elimination specialist.When he moved back near his home area of Shannon County, he saw a growing need to root out wild hogs that were tearing up farm and forest land.

Crider’s work is part of the Missouri Feral Hog Elimination Partnership funded by the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. More than 15 federal and state entities, including MU Extension, work together to eliminate feral hogs on public and private lands.

Educators like Crider work with landowners at meetings and one-on-one farm visits. There are 48 elimination specialists focusing on Missouri forests and watersheds, mostly south of Interstate 44.

Crider hopes to work his way out of a job by eradicating these invasive animals, which threaten Missouri’s vital hay, beef and forestry industries. Missouri ranks No. 2 in the nation in hay production and No. 3 in beef production.

Southern Missouri also is home to many sawmills, stave and cooperage mills, log brokers and charcoal plants.

Numbers reduced by 65% With the group’s help, feral hog numbers have decreased by nearly 65% in Missouri watersheds since 2016. In 2022, the partnership removed 6,289 hogs, helped 709 landowners and scouted 3.7 million acres, with efforts in Iron, Shannon, Wayne and Reynolds counties netting the most results.

It’s progress, but there is still much to do, says Crider. Feral hogs breed early and often. Sows can breed by 6 months of age and birth two litters of 6-12 piglets yearly.

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Feral hogs can carry disease Feral hogs can be aggressive, but they generally avoid humans. Their biggest threat is from spreading diseases like swine brucellosis to humans and livestock. People with brucellosis may develop endocarditis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chambers. Signs of brucellosis include fever, sweats, headache, back pain and physical weakness.

Feral hogs also create roadway hazards since their beady eyes don’t reflect headlights. Adult hogs grow to 3 feet tall, 5 feet long and up to 400 pounds.

Despite that, they can run 30 mph.

Feral hogs got a foothold in Missouri in the 1990s when wild game hunting gained popularity. They are found in 27 rural counties, mostly in southern Missouri.

Feral hogs become trap-shy and scatter Trapping them is neither simple nor quick because they become trap-shy and scatter when threatened, says Crider.

Pressured hogs can move to new areas and begin breeding all over again.

They hide under cover of dense forests and travel at night in herds called sounders. They root up ground in search of acorns, plant roots, earthworms and grubs. They tear up trees by rubbing their bristly-haired bodies on them; they can girdle smaller trees. Both male and female feral hogs have tusks, which they use for defense. The males also use them to establish dominance for breeding.

They make large wallows in moist areas and root up holes the size of truck tires in forests and pastures.

Elimination specialists survey woods with drones to find sounders, says Crider. They place cameras in the woods to track travel patterns and herd size. Trappers bait frequently visited areas. They hoist traps off the ground into trees.

Sensors trigger the traps to fall and confine hogs.

During aerial operations on winter nights, trappers scout by drone. They use heat-sensing devices to spot hogs on

Feral hogs gather at a remote Missouri feeding location. the ground and mark their location with a GPS point. At daylight, a helicopter launches for aerial operations to destroy the hogs located by the drone.

Meat use is not recommended Private landowners can process the hog’s meat, although this is not recommended because of possibility of disease. Trappers destroy hogs found on public lands and move the carcasses away from water drainage areas. Feral hogs eliminated on public lands may not be processed for human consumption.

Mark Twain National Forest, the National Park Service, Missouri State Parks, the Missouri Department of Conservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have closed public lands under their jurisdiction to feral swine hunting. In 2021, Missouri passed legislation making it illegal to transport, release or possess feral swine.

Equipment available to repair damaged fields The group worked with Soil and Water Conservation Districts to purchase equipment to repair damaged fields. The equipment includes no-till drills, culti-

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packers and harrows and is available to borrow free of charge for repairing damage to make land productive again.

Equipment is available for lease for other work as well.

To report feral hog damage or receive assistance, call the Missouri Department of Conservation at 573-522-4115 ext.

3296 or visit http://mdc.mo.gov/feralhog.

Funding for this work is through a Feral Swine Control Program (FSCP) through the USDA as part of the 2018 Farm Bill. Missouri Department of Conservation is the lead agency on the project.

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October 12, 2023 • NEWS

ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter BY PEO Chapter BY PEO met Oct. 2 at the Princeton First Christian Church annex.

Following the regular meeting, Princeton’s chapter hosted a salad supper for the district meeting. There were 27 members present from Albany, Cainsville and Pattonsburg.

President Beth Boxley gave an interesting, informative program on her time in Philadelphia, Pa., for the International PEO Convention.

The next meeting will be Nov. 6 with Kathy Schwenneker as hostess.

Ragan-Hickman Ragan-Hickman American Legion Post 477 and Auxiliary held their regularly monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 25 at the American Legion Hall/Mercer Community Center. Members present were Paula Hayes, Betty Bagley, LeRoy Mayes, Ronald Hoover, Kristina Bagley, Roland Drabek, Robert Wilson, Sandy Hull, Jim and Roberta Searcy, Donna Gibson, Stacy Bagley, Sally Reighard and Greg Frost, and three guests.

The next meeting is Oct. 23, 2023 at the Legion Hall/Community Center.

CAINSVILLE

MELANIE CHANEY

Christopher Seymour of Krugerville, Texas had lunch with his grandparents, Victor and Dixie Seymour one day last week.

Ronda Pash and Walker Thomas took Lila McLain to Kirksville on Oct. 3 for her eye appointment.

Wednesday, Joshua Pash visited his grandmother Lila and help do chores on Oct. 4. Oct. 8 guests of Lila were Randall and Kay Thomas, and they had Kaylyn, McKinley and Berkeley Wolf, their granddaughters, with them. Joshua Pash, Sawyer and Jackson also visited that day.

Herman and Melanie Chaney attended a car show in Unionville on Oct. 7, where they visited with some friends they hadn't seen for a while.

Herman and Melanie Chaney went to Independence, Mo., on Oct. 8 to a car swap meet where they met with Bill and Trenda Robertson. The couples went out for lunch after the swap meet.

Sympathy to the family and friends of Kara Seeley, who recently passed away.

Sympathy to the family and friends of Matt and

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Carin Dixon, who recently passed away.

Don’t forget about the 11th Annual Dog and Gun Trade Day in Cainsville at 1108 Enterprise Street. Events start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14.

We have had some people in town recently who have fallen and been injured with a few broken bones. Please keep Art McGuire, Joyce Cain, Carolyn Easum and Connie McLain in your thoughts and prayers.

There are junior high basketball games at Ridgeway on Oct. 12.

There are junior high basketball games at Mercer on October 13th. Barnwarming will be held Saturday, October 14th.

The first junior high basketball home games will be October 17. There is an early dismissal on Oct. 19, with parent-teacher conferences in the afternoon and a junior high basketball game at home at 5:30. There is no school on Oct. 20 and Oct. 23.

All the news is appreciated, send me more for next week!

MERCER CO. FOOD PANTRY

Located in the basement of Princeton United Methodist Church.

Second and fourth Tuesday: 9-10:30 a.m.

Other Tuesdays: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Note: Persons can pick up their food in the church basement. At present, social distancing will be observed, and masks are recommended but not mandatory.

Princeton Post-Telegraph • 7 Friday, Oct. 20: fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, glazed carrots, croissant roll, pumpkin crunch cake, assorted fruit.

SCHOOL FOOD

All menus subject to change.

PRINCETON

Breakfast is available to all students. It is served with a choice of 1% white milk or skim chocolate milk. Cereal is available as an option every day except where noted.

Fruit and juice are available every day. Nutri-grain bars are available on select days.

Monday, Oct. 16: EggStravaganza, toast.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: pancakes, sausage patty.

Wednesday, Oct. 18: donut, yogurt.

Thursday, Oct. 19: maple pancake sandwich.

Friday, Oct. 20: biscuits, sausage gravy.

Lunch is served with the choice of 1% fat-free white milk or fat-free chocolate milk. Students in grades K-5 have the choice of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or the menu entree. Students in grades 6-12 have the option of a chef salad or the entree every day unless noted.

All bakery items are whole wheat or whole grain. Fruit is served with lunch.

Wednesday, Oct. 18: BBQ pork sandwich or fish sticks, macaroni and cheese, fresh broccoli and cauliflower.

Thursday, Oct. 19: chili or taco soup (MO BEEF), peanut butter, carrot and celery sticks, cinnamon roll.

Friday, Oct. 20: pepperoni pizza or popcorn chicken, buttered corn, mozzarella sticks, dessert.

MERCER

Breakfast is served with orange juice and white or chocolate milk. Cereal is an optional entree.

Mondays: egg entree. Tuesdays: cereal, toast.

Wednesdays: breakfast roll. Thursdays: sausage, pancakes. Fridays: biscuits, gravy.

Lunch is served with milk.

A salad bar and fruits and vegetables are available every day, except where noted.

Students in grades PK-6 will have the choice of option A or a chef salad. Students in grades 7-12 will have the choice of either option or a chef salad.

Monday, Oct. 16: (a) hot dog, chips; (b) chili, peanut butter sandwich; mozzarella sticks.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: (a) ham; (b) meatloaf; mashed potatoes, white gravy, green beans, roll.

Wednesday, Oct. 18: (a) tenderloin sandwich; (b) chicken sandwich; tater tots.

Thursday, Oct. 19: (a) pizza; (b) ham and cheese rollups; carrots.

Friday, Oct. 20: no school.

CAINSVILLE Breakfast is served with fruit, juice, and milk.

Mondays: breakfast burrito, cereal, toast.

Tuesdays: french toast with syrup and peanut

butter, turkey sausage.

Wednesdays: cereal, toast, hash brown patty, scrambled eggs. Thursdays: pancake, turkey sausage. Fridays: biscuits, gravy.

Lunch is served with milk.

Fruits and vegetables are available every day, and students are required to have at least one cup of either on their tray.

Monday, Oct. 16: chicken fajitas, Spanish.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: maid rite, french fries.

Wednesday, Oct. 18: chicken pot pie, cottage cheese.

Thursday, Oct. 19: hot ham and cheese, chips.

Friday, Oct. 20: no school.

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Monday, Oct. 16: sloppy joe or hamburger patty, red peppers, buttered carrots.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: roasted chicken or breaded ravioli, scalloped potatoes, buttered peas.

SENIOR MENUS All menus subject to change.

MERCER COUNTY SENIOR CENTER

Serving from 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Meals can be picked up at the west door (facing Broadway Street) from 11:30-12:15. Meals served with 2% milk, coffee or tea. All bread, rolls, buns and crackers are whole grain; at least half grains are whole grains.

For meal deliveries, call 660-748-3636 by 10 a.m.

Everyone is welcome to eat at the Senior Center.

Meals for anyone age 60 and older are a suggested contribution of $5. Meals for anyone under age 60 cost $7.

Monday, Oct. 16: chili, peanut butter and honey sandwich, hominy, baked pineapple.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: fish filet, macaroni and cheese, hush puppies, coleslaw, baked beans, peaches.

Wednesday, Oct. 18: beef pot pie, biscuit, creamed peas, mixed fruit salad, Oreo magic cookie bars.

Thursday, Oct. 19: scalloped potatoes and ham, brussel sprouts, sliced bread, baked apples.

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Iowa woman killed in three-vehicle wreck Oct. 2 near Mercer Princeton man received “serious” injuries during early-morning wreck a quarter-mile north of town PRESTON COLE

Princeton Post-Telegraph

MERCER An Iowa woman was killed and a Princeton

man was injured during a wreck last Monday morning (Oct. 2) just north of Mercer which involved three vehicles.

An online report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) indicated that Bryant Elder, 34, of Princeton was driving a 2005 Ford F-150 southbound on U.S. 65. Christopher Carr, 57, of Chillicothe, Mo., was driving a 2018 Volvo north on the highway.

Deann Dorsey, 51, of Osceola, Iowa was driving a 2015 Chevy Impala north on Highway 65, behind Carr’s truck when the Elder vehicle crossed the center line and hit the Volvo on its passenger side and a unit it was towing. That caused the F-150 to veer into the path of Dorsey’s car, resulting in a head-on collision.

Elder’s vehicle went off the east side of 65 overturned and came to rest on its passenger side, facing east. Dorsey’s car came to rest partially in the roadway, facing southwest. Carr was able to bring the Volvo to a controlled stop on the northbound shoulder of 65.

Mercer County Sheriff Jose Lopez pronounced Dorsey dead at the scene at 7:45 a.m. Her body was taken to Roberson Funeral Home in Bethany, Mo. Elder received what the MSHP report said were serious injuries. Mercer County Ambulance Service personnel took him to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, from where he was flown by LifeFlight Eagle medical helicopter to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. Firefighters from the Mercer Fire Protection District and the Mercer County Fire Protection District assisted at the scene.

October 12, 2023

Public Service Commission approves Evergy request Special to the Post-Telegraph

The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an amended application filed by Evergy Missouri Metro, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West (Evergy) which sought approval of tariff revisions to its Time- of-Use (TOU) Program.

The Commission approved Evergy’s request to modify the default TOU rate from the high differential two-period TOU rate [currently called the Standard Peak Saver] to the low differential Peak Adjustment TOU rate [currently called the Peak Reward Saver].

As part of its application, Evergy also sought to change the name of those two rates. The current Standard Peak Saver will now be called the Summer Peak Time Based Plan and the current Peak Reward Saver will now be called the Default Time Based Plan. These changes are expected to take effect on Sunday, Oct. 8.

The Commission noted in its order approving the amended application that Evergy’s Time- of-Use (TOU) program allows customers to select from different rate plans based upon personal preference. Also, customers are free to change their choices at any time, including switching their TOU plan multiple times a year.

“Evergy’s amended application does not seek to change the price per kWh the Commission established under the approved TOU rate implementation plan,” JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

said the Commission. “What the application does request is to modify the tariff language that determines what TOU rate is first applied to customers who do not choose a specific TOU rate - the default TOU rate.

Evergy’s amended application is not a collateral attack on the rate cases’ Amended Reports and Orders, but simply requesting approval of a tariff filing to modify the default in TOU choices to customers.”

Evergy Missouri Metro provides electric service to approximately 300,840 customers in the Missouri counties of Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Pettis, Platte, Randolph and Saline.

Evergy Missouri West provides electric service to approximately 336,640 customers in the Missouri counties of Mercer, Andrew, Atchison, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Clinton, Dade, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Holt, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Ray, St. Clair, Vernon and Worth.

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Mercer County Library adds more new books Special to the Post-Telegraph

These new titles have been added to the shelves at the Mercer County Library.

Adult fiction: Nineteen Steps, Millie Bobby Brown; Murder by Invitation Only, Colleen Cambridge; Saving Emma, Allen Eskins; Blessing of the Lost Girls, J. A. Jance; Bright Young Women, Jessica Knoll; The Neighbors We Want, Tim Lane; The Heirloom, PRINCETON

Beverly Lewis; and Payback in Death (#57 of the “In Death” series), J. D. Robb.

Adult non-fiction: Killing the Witches, Bill O’Reilly.

The Mercer County Library has also added to its large print, western, children’s, juniors, young adult and Amish sections.

Remember that the Axis 360, Libby and Hoopla platforms are open 24/7.

Families From Page 5 learning opportunity because none of us are perfect.

Food presentation is important too. Tap into your child’s creativity by letting them decorate the table, arrange the food and choose items that look and smell good.

“Patterns developed in childhood can shape an adult’s relationship with food and set a foundation for healthy eating habits,” according to Johns Hopkins clinical dietitian Jaclyn Rose.

A family that eats together is more likely to stay together.

Strengthening our families is one of the most important things we can do today.

Paul Hamby is a free-thinking, conservative farmer and small businessman in northwest Missouri’s DeKalb County.

MERCER COUNTY 4-DAY WEATHER

National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill/Kansas City, Time of forecast: 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9 Thursday, Oct. 12: 50% chance of showers; 72/54 Friday, Oct. 13: 60% rain chance early; 58/46 Saturday, Oct. 14: Partly sunny, 54/45 Sunday, Oct. 15: Partly sunny; 54 Forecasts reflect daytime high, followed by overnight low.

Weather forecasts change often. Check local radio, weather radio, or the NWS website (www.weather.gov) for updates.

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