By Jo Schaper
What was I doing, sitting high on the third tier of portable bleachers, next to the West Plains Civic Center at 3 p.m. in the blazing sun, with about 250 other people, string music in the background, the air smelling of kettle corn, road apples, root beer and politicians, around a temporary corral [...]

Every year all across the United States families make find themselves on the journey to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin.
I am no pumpkin expert, if you asked me to grow a pumpkin you might get a watermelon, but I to participate in the yearly excursion to find the perfect pumpkin. [...]

By Jo Schaper
It was a glorious day in Perryville on July 9 as 250 people gathered in a former cornfield to mark the dedication of the Lloyd and Ethel Hoff Underground Nature Preserve.
If you are a caver, that long name means one thing: permanent access to Berome Moore Cave. At 18 miles and [...]