September 2022

Hunters Encouraged To Contribute To MDC’s Bowhunter Observation Survey This Fall

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages hunters to help monitor the state’s terrestrial wildlife populations by reporting sightings through the Bowhunter Observation Survey. MDC has conducted an annual Bowhunter Observation Survey since 1983 to track trends in wildlife populations, such as coyotes, fox, deer, wild turkeys, and raccoons.

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BHS’ Recovering Sharp Starts Running Season With Second

Her injury-throttled freshman year at Brookfield High School hopefully now a fading memory, sophomore Samantha Sharp successfully completed her return to cross country running competition this past Tuesday when she placed second as BHS only entrant in the varsity girls’ division of the 19th-annual Chillicothe Invitational meet. A 2021 Class 2 state meet qualifier, even though her then-relatively- new leg injury wound up keeping her from participating, Sharp completed the 5-kilometers (approximately 3.1 miles) 2-loops course around and through Simpson Park in north Chillicothe in 21:43.2.

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