Dexter, Missouri - The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Dexter Greenhead Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will host their Annual Duck Banding Event at Otter Slough Conservation Area on Saturday, July 30th at 7:00 a.m.
The event will begin with Missouri Department of Conservation staff demonstrating electrofishing equipment on Cypress Lake.
Fisheries Biologist Mike Reed will run a electrofishing boat along the shoreline and you will have a front row seat to the fish population of Cypress Lake. Mike will also show how biologists tag fish for research projects. While everyone is watching the show, Ducks Unlimited volunteers and MDC staff will be operating various capture equipment around Otter Slough hoping to catch mourning doves and ducks.
Following the fish show, will be an opportunity for all youth to assist wildlife biologists band and release any birds captured on the area that day. For a grand finale, we will travel out to a rocket net site on Otter Slough and see first hand how the nets are deployed to capture wildlife. Ducks Unlimited volunteers will also be on hand to demonstrate retriever handling techniques and hand out some free stuff for the kids.
The event will begin at 7:00 a.m. sharp in the large parking lot next to Cypress Lake and the equipment yard at Otter Slough Conservation Area. Most of the activities will occur in shaded areas and will conclude at approximately 10:00 a.m.
No registration is required and the event is free to all ages.
WHAT: Open house event and ribbon cutting for new Dexter facility
WHEN: Friday, July 22, 4-7 pm (ribbon cutting at 4 pm)
WHERE: Saint Francis Health Center, 1212 Saint Francis Drive, near US 60 Outer Road and Harris Drive
At the open house, new and current patients can meet and greet physicians and staff, tour the new facility, enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages and take advantage of beneficial health screenings. More than 500 guests are expected to attend.
Services offered at Saint Francis Health Center include:
Primary care and urgent care
Expert cardiac specialists
Fitness Plus health and fitness center
OB/GYN specialty care
Weight Loss Solutions bariatric clinic
Physical therapy and rehabilitation
Imaging capabilities
Lab services
Dexter, Missouri - HUGE Garage Sale on Friday, July 22nd and Saturday, July 23rd beginning at 7:00 a.m. both days.
Tons of baby clothes, jeans, jackets, boy clothes, shoes, children's toys, coats of all sizes, Beanie Babies, and miscellaneous stuff!
Follow the signs to 1411 Central Drive by Central Elementary School in Dexter.
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Missouri Dept. of Conservation is accepting applications Until August 29th for its next class of conservation agents!
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is accepting online applications through Aug. 29 for its next class of conservation agent trainees. Selected candidates will undergo 26 weeks of intense training in all facets of law enforcement and resource management.
Those who make the grade will receive county assignments and become the face of conservation in their assigned communities – enforcing the Wildlife Code of Missouri and helping the public with issues such as nuisance wildlife and land management.
To qualify, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in a field related to the natural sciences or criminal justice.
To apply -- and for more information including salary range, duties and responsibilities, degree requirements, qualifications, and special-ability requirements -- visit the MDC website at mdc.mo.gov/about-us/careers.
For more information, contact MDC Protection Programs Specialist Travis McLain at 573-522-4115, ext. 3261 or Travis.McLain@mdc.mo.gov, or MDC Protection Programs Supervisor Cheryl Fey at 573-751-4115, ext. 3819, or Cheryl.Fey@mdc.mo.gov.
United States of America - As a mark of respect for the victims of the attack on police officers perpetrated on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, July 22, 2016.
I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
BARACK OBAMA
