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MDC reports hunters harvested 11,424 deer during CWD portion

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that hunters harvested 11,424 deer during the state's chronic wasting disease (CWD) portion of the firearms deer-hunting season, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, in CWD Management Zone counties. Of the 11,424 deer harvested, 3,917 were antlered bucks, 1,052 were button bucks, and 6,455 were does.

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Centralia R-VI Honor Roll sponsored by your friends at Centralia MFA

'B' Honor Roll Freshman Avery Adams, Alyssa Bodine, Aemelia Brauker, Kylie Brooks, Tia Cooke, Victoria Crane, Wyatt Dawson, Dillon Dennis, Easton Dodge, Dakota Dollens, Kyleigh Dollens, John Douglass, Emerson Eckler, Piper Elkins, Emma Goodin, Gracie Goodman, Aniya Havens, Corrigan Hestir, Cooper Hile, Mary Isgrig, Hank Lee, Delanie Miles, Austin Napolis, Isaac Smith, Adrianna Stemme, Deztyni Tinker, Audrianna Trujillo

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Reverend Robert Hudson Littleby Baptist Church

confused, or anxious. As she tried to figure out how she would handle her husband, family, and the angry crowd who would want to stone her. I suspect as she wondered what her life would be like it might have felt like more than she could bear. She was focused on her emotions, her current situation, and what she could and could not do on her own. She missed a key statement that Gabriel had made.

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A Future Hope

The holiday season can be a challenging time as we remember those we are missing or unpleasant events of the past. When Isaiah was given the prophecy of the coming Messiah the people were living in a time that was seen as the 'gloom of the distressed land'. Things were rough and if the people were looking at their past or their present for their hope, it would have seemed hopeless.

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