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Posted by Jo, on May 24th, 2013
By Jo Schaper
In cruising around my usual media sources this morning I found a link to a STL Today interview with Jimmy Tebeau, the former owner of Camp Zoe on Sinkin Creek. Mr. Tebeau pled guilty to a federal charge of maintaining a drug-involved premises, but denies any direct involvement with the drug trade [...]
Posted by Jo, on October 2nd, 2012
Reader Mike Elliott of Salem, Mo., sent us this fall photo with caption of one of his favorite places a few days ago.
We liked it enough to share. Traveler goes up and down Hwy. 19 several times a month, too, and it is one of Jo’s favorite fall drives.
Not every road needs to be [...]
Posted by Jo, on September 19th, 2012
News from the Ozark and Southeast regions
Posted by Candice Davis
EMINENCE, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed photographs of a mountain lion in Shannon County near Eminence taken by a trail camera on public land Sept. 10 and 11
According to MDC’s Mountain Lion Response Team, widely scattered mountain-lion sightings have been confirmed [...]
Posted by Jo, on June 24th, 2012
By Jo Schaper
If Eminence Mayor Jim Anderson has his way, a life-sized elk statue will very soon grace the lawn of the Shannon County courthouse.
“Actually, one of our aldermen thought it would be a great idea. Since we are the closest large town to the elk, we’re trying [...]
Posted by Jo, on June 12th, 2012
Near Round Spring, MO-
The owner of Camp Zoe, James Tebeau, 44, pled guilty Tuesday to federal drug charges, one felony count of maintaining a drug-involved premises.
Camp Zoe is located just upstream of Hwy. 19, near where Sinkin Creek meets the Current River.
Tebeau also agreed to forfeit the camp, about 350 acres [...]
Posted by Jo, on May 9th, 2012
By Jo Schaper
Current River State Park has been in a contentious limbo since a 780-acre portion of the old Alton Club/Jerry J. Presley Center was transferred from the Missouri Department of Conservation to the Department of Natural Resources-Division of State Parks in March 2008.
At an open house/picnic on April [...]
Posted by Jo, on May 5th, 2012
Jim Smith of Eminence’s CCTR and Wild Horse League, and the wild horses themselves have made the Wall Street Journal Online in an article about the problem of horse dumping in rural areas, and the controversy over establishing horse slaughterhouses in the U.S.
It’s a problem with no easy solution. Animal rights advocates believe horse [...]
Posted by Jo, on December 5th, 2011
If you are of a need to getting into the holiday season in Traveler Country, there is no better way than to take three minutes and listen to this unforgettable translation of C. L. Moore’s poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
The You Tube translation is by Dr. Dale Haverstick, of Eminence, who [...]
Posted by Jo, on November 7th, 2011
Mark Twain National Forest Firefighters Continue to Patrol 5,000 Acre Wild Fire Near Salem, Missouri
SALEM, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest firefighters continue to patrol and check the 5,000 acre Minninghaw wild fire near Salem, Missouri.
Mark Twain National Forest Fire Management Officer Jody Eberly said rain expected over the next two days should result [...]
Posted by Jo, on November 6th, 2011
Jo apologizes to people wanting more news about the Minninghaw fire. She was out of the office on Friday, and on assigment most of Saturday. Actually, she was in Salem on Friday, and one speaker for her meeting, Charlotte Wiggins, public information officer for Mark Twain National Forest, could not attend, because she was at [...]
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