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Christmas tree growers work year-round for holiday tradition
By Jason Vance For most people, thoughts of Christmas trees begin sometime after Thanksgiving. For Christmas tree growers, however, the work begins long before the holiday season arrives. By the time families begin shopping for a fresh tree, growers such as Washington producer John Tillman have already spent months preparing their crop for harvest. Tillman,…
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Author discusses slavery in Lincoln County
Patrick Sullivan By Stan SchwartzTroy Free PressThere was a time in Missouri’s history when people were openly bought and sold as slaves and Pike and Lincoln counties ranked seventh and 14th respectively in the number owned by Missouri farmers.Even though Missouri’s politicians never voted to secede from the Union, it was considered a slave state.Author…
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Mizzou’s Roberts revels in taking SEC defenses head-on
By Lynn WorthySt. Louis Post-DispatchCOLUMBIA, Mo. — In order to fully appreciate the sentiment Mizzou’s Nicholas Rodriguez expressed about his teammate and workhorse running back Jamal Roberts, you should realize Rodriguez is a mixture of battering ram and bulldog in his own right.A former high school wrestler and standout football star in Florida, the 6-foot-tall,…